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By Per-Ake Persson

FFM Box Promotion stage its inaugural show on Saturday July 26. The show was first set for the Zoo Palais in Frankfurt am Main but is now - on short notice - moved to the ISA Arena in Kaarst, which is relatively far away from Frankfurt /Main. In the main heavyweight Boris Estenfelder (4-0-1) was set to take on Danny Williams (46-22) in a scheduled ten-rounder but Estenfelder wrote an open letter on his facenbook site where he pulled out due to the promotional difficulties for the show. Who Williams is fighting instead is not known. It´s a rather big event with supermiddle Jurgen Doberstein (15-1-1) set to take on Belgian Matingu Kindele (5-2) and heavyweight Agit Kabayel (10-0) set to take on the ever dangerous to be announced.

EBU lightweight champ Emiliano Marsili (29-0-1) makes a voluntary defence of the title September 27 against an opponent to be announced.

Marsili (pictured) was first lined up to make a mandatory defence against Finn Edis Tatli, who pulled out to concentrate on an upcoming WBA world title fight. New mandatory challenger is Dejan Zlaticanin (19-0) from Montenegro.

Italian supermiddle Giovanni De Carolis (21-5) is sidelined with an injury and his fight against Geard Ajetovic (25-9-1) for the vacant IBF I/C title set for July 25 in Nepi (Italy) is postponed with a new date pending. Meanwhile, Ajetovic is more or less on to travel to Namibia and Walvis Bay to again take on former WBO middleweight champion Harry Simon (29-0) August 9 for the IBF Int´l lightheavyweight title. Simon, who turns 40 this year, still suffers from health problems from a bad car accident a few years ago and while still undefeated it´s in career that has been badly hurt by long layoffs due to injuries and prison terms.